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 * Copyright 2020, Seqera Labs
 * Copyright 2013-2019, Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG)
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
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package nextflow.io

import java.lang.annotation.ElementType
import java.lang.annotation.Retention
import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy
import java.lang.annotation.Target

import groovy.transform.AnnotationCollector
import groovy.transform.AnnotationCollectorMode
import groovy.transform.AutoClone
import groovy.transform.Immutable
/**
 * Declares an AST xform to automatically add the {@link SerializableMarker} interface
 * for a class marked as @SerializableObject
 *
 *  @author Paolo Di Tommaso <paolo.ditommaso@gmail.com>
 */
@AutoClone
@Immutable(copyWith=true)
@SerializableObject
@AnnotationCollector(mode = AnnotationCollectorMode.PREFER_EXPLICIT_MERGED)
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
@Target([ElementType.TYPE])
@interface ValueObject {

}
